Pat Harper

Lincoln-Way High School students' back-to-school shopping list includes a new item this year: swimsuits. With a brand new pool ready for use at the central campus in New Lenox and...

The Front Street face-lift will not be accomplished without some hassle, but residents and business people who met with village officials last week seemed ready to bite the bullet. The...

The flames on the plywood house in New Lenox were painted, but the fire hoses--and the learning--were real. Ten youngsters attending the New Lenox Fire Protection District's 2nd annual Kids...

After two years of focusing on Lincoln-Way High School's coming split into two separate high schools, the school's citizens advisory committee is ready for a new task. The volunteer citizens...

The parkway tree program is being overhauled, but new homeowners in New Lenox still will get their trees. Trustees agreed Tuesday that the system under which the village collects money...

Renovation work on Mokena's Front Street will start next week. The $2.6 million rehab will give the village's aging downtown business district a much-needed face lift, officials say, by modernizing...

For a growing number of senior citizen sports fans, sitting on the sidelines is not an option. The fifth annual Southland Senior Games is filling south suburban parks with senior...

Pupils in Mokena Elementary School District 159 did well on a recent round of state tests. Third, 5th and 8th graders took the Illinois Standards Achievement Tests in reading, mathematics...

The New Lenox Park District's tentative budget features a reduced deficit. Commissioner Mike O'Neill, the park board treasurer, said last week that the Park District started out with a $475,000...

A break with tradition is coming up in November when New Lenox voters will be asked to change the job of village clerk from an elected position to an appointed...